Laura Ries's Email & Phone

Laura Ries is a leading marketing strategist, bestselling author and television personality. Since 1994, Laura has run Ries & Ries, a consulting firm with her partner, father and legendary Positioning pioneer Al Ries. Together they consult with Fortune 500 companies on brand strategy and are the authors of five books which have been bestsellers around the world. They have traveled to over 60 countries from Chile to China and India to Indonesia teaching the fundamental principles of marketing. Laura is a frequent marketing analyst on major news programs from the O'Reilly Factor to Squawk Box. She regularly appears on Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC, CNN, Headline News ABC, CBS, PBS and is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Advertising Age and others. Laura attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where she graduated with highest distinction? from Northwestern's School of Speech in 1993, finishing in the top 2% of her class. Laura started her career at TBWA Advertising in New York City in account management for brands like Woolite and Evian. But her lifelong dream was realized when she Laura partnered with her father to form Ries & Ries in 1994. Laura and Al have co-authored five books together: The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding (1998), The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding (2000), The Fall of Advertising & the Rise of PR (2002), The Origin of Brands (2004), and her latest War in the Boardroom (2009). In 2002, Business 2.0 named Laura a management guru? and issued trading cards with her picture and statistics on them. In 2008, the Atlanta Business Chronicle named Laura a top 40 under 40. In 2009, the readers of Advertising Age voted Al's book Positioning as the best marketing book of all time with The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding coming in close behind in the number three spot. In addition to her books, Laura writes a popular branding blog RiesPieces. And appears in marketing reports on RiesReport.com which are also available on iTunes. In addition to her consulting, speaking and writing, Laura enjoys many activities such as horseback riding, snow skiing and photography. She resides in Roswell, Georgia with her husband, two sons, aging poodle and retired show horse.